I Shook Of Course Steve Minor Summary

A Tear For The Terror Of Time Death: an experience more frightful to the mind second hand, leaving the mind bemused and adrift in the realm of thought. The human mind goes through certain proceedings to help grapple with the suddenness of the unexpected tragedy. In Steve Minor’s “I Cried Of Course,” Minor uses visual effects, music, and writing to express feelings of vulnerability during the event of a death. Using melancholy visual depictions and music, Minor conveys the helplessness of humans in the face of death and the eventual, compulsory acceptance of the loss thereon. Using somber images and slow, doleful music, Minor creates the feeling of sadness that humans inevitably encounter when confronting such a tragedy. The blue background surrounding the poem, accompanied by the slow-paced music, serves to set the mournful tone of the piece (Minor). The black and white images of the deceased woman represent that humans tend to reminisce on the brighter past when dealing with death. Thereon, humans will realize what they have taken for granted and will no choice but to “[cry] of course” (Minor). The haphazard images of hand-written sheet music represent the disorientation of the human mind when handling a loss …show more content…
The speaker in the writings claims to have “forgotten already” of the vulnerability of human life. He has forgotten that death can snatch humans at any moment in time, for it “it is the hand of death that grants the gift of life itself” (Minor). The speaker also recalls the “simple erratic division of cells” that maintain the life cycle of humans. Being a truly arbitrary form of human sustenance, it is clear that life is truly a “gift” (Minor). Therefore, we must never take it for granted and learn to conquer our feelings of mental agitation. Minor uses these writings to reveal the true beauty in life